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    The Dark Side of the Enlightenment: Wizards, Alchemists, and Spiritual Seekers in the Age of Reason , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 980min
    Why spiritual and supernatural yearnings, even investigations into the occult, flourished in the era of rationalist philosophy. In The Dark Side of the Enlightenment, John V. Fleming shows how the impulses of the European Enlightenment - generally associated with great strides in the liberation of human thought from superstition and traditional religion - were challenged by tenacious religious ideas or channeled into the "darker" pursuits of the esoteric and the occult. His engaging topics include the stubborn survival of the miraculous, the Enlightenment roles of Rosicrucianism and Freemasonry, and the widespread pursuit of magic and alchemy. Though we tend not to associate what was once called alchemy with what we now call chemistry, Fleming shows that the difference is merely one of linguistic modernization. Alchemy was once the chemistry, of Arabic derivation, and its practitioners were among the principal scientists and physicians of their ages. No point is more important for understanding the strange and fascinating figures in this book than the prestige of alchemy among the learned men of the age. Fleming follows some of these complexities and contradictions of the "Age of Lights" into the biographies of two of its extraordinary offspring. The first is the controversial wizard known as Count Cagliostro, the "Egyptian" freemason, unconventional healer, and alchemist known most infamously for his ambiguous association with the Affair of the Diamond Necklace, which history has viewed as among the possible harbingers of the French Revolution and a major contributing factor in the growing unpopularity of Marie Antoinette. Fleming also reviews the career of Julie de Krüdener, the sentimental novelist, Pietist preacher, and political mystic who would later become notorious as a prophet. Impressively researched and wonderfully erudite, this rich narrative history sheds light on some lesser-known mental extravagances and be ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kevin Pariseau. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/013576/bk_adbl_013576_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Weight Loss for Mature Women: How to Lose Weight after 40, Discover the Causes, Symptoms and Solutions to Get Back in Shape Fast , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 34min
    Weight loss for mature women. Are you over 40, struggling with weight, and nothing seems to be working? Obesity and being overweight are two very serious concerns affecting millions of people all over the world. People have become more materialistic. People now tend to gauge their success in terms of their bank balance. They believe that the more they earn, the more they will be considered successful and as a result, they will be respected more in society. In this regard, the media has had a huge part to play. Whenever we switch on our televisions, we see people enjoying the good life, spending millions in casinos just for the sake of fun, writing blank checks, and enjoying the extravagances in life. And then we see these people being celebrated and idolized, we tend to measure our lives with the same scale. The United States of America is the country that is most plagued by this problem. In order to earn more, its residents work inhuman hours every day without any regard for sleep, diet or exercise. When we are younger, our bodies are more energetic and are able to cope with the toughest of conditions with ease. However, when we enter into our midlife, that is, around 40 or 50 years old, the effects of our choices start to kick in. The body, no longer able to withstand the demanding routine, starts to show signs of wear and tear. And the biggest and most dangerous manifestations of an unhealthy lifestyle are obesity and being overweight. What will you get from this book: Most common causes for obesity in older women Symptoms How to get back in shape fast And more! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Angelica Ng. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/063069/bk_acx0_063069_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Taurus Valentine's Day Gifts , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 11min
    Taurus Apr 20 - May 20Fret no more over choosing the perfect gift! In this Guide, Susan Miller suggests wonderful gifts appropriate for both men and women of each astrological sign. From fun ideas for those shopping on a budget, to guidelines for choosing those once-in-a-lifetime extravagances, these handy tips will guide you throughout the year.No doubt, gift giving is an art, and can be quite a creative, heartfelt expression of emotion. Most of us need a little help. How you approach gift giving says a lot about you, revealing what you value and how you view the one you love. A great gift is one that the recipient is thrilled to receive, doesn't desperately need and never expected to get - the element of surprise is also a worthy goal. After receiving a meaningful gift, the recipient feels more deeply understood - and closer - to the giver. If we are to delight, we need to spend time putting ourselves in the recipient's shoes. Too often the gifts we give reflect only our preferences and has not enough do with the recipient's lifestyle or desires. On Valentine's Day, more is riding on sending the right message and in creating the right outcome. That pressure can result in a less creative gift, such as "sure winners" - a box of chocolates and a card or a bouquet of flowers from the corner florist. While there's nothing wrong with those gifts, if it looks to your beloved like your assistant selected it, it will always lack that extra bit of oomph and sexiness that can only come from you having spent a little time thinking about the gift. Here we go! Some gifts are fanciful and expensive, while others are realistic, inexpensive and practical. It's a list meant to get you thinking! Have fun on Valentine's Day! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Susan Miller. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/000122/bk_adbl_000122_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Capricorn Valentine's Day Gifts , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 12min
    Capricorn: Dec. 22 - Jan. 19 Fret no more over choosing the perfect gift! In this Guide, Susan Miller suggests wonderful gifts appropriate for both men and women of each astrological sign. From fun ideas for those shopping on a budget, to guidelines for choosing those once-in-a-lifetime extravagances, these handy tips will guide you throughout the year. No doubt, gift giving is an art, and can be quite a creative, heartfelt expression of emotion. Most of us need a little help. How you approach gift giving says a lot about you, revealing what you value and how you view the one you love. A great gift is one that the recipient is thrilled to receive, doesn�t desperately need and never expected to get - the element of surprise is also a worthy goal. After receiving a meaningful gift, the recipient feels more deeply understood - and closer - to the giver. If we are to delight, we need to spend time putting ourselves in the recipient's shoes. Too often the gifts we give reflect only our preferences and has not enough do with the recipient's lifestyle or desires. On Valentine's Day, more is riding on sending the right message and in creating the right outcome. That pressure can result in a less creative gift, such as "sure winners" - a box of chocolates and a card or a bouquet of flowers from the corner florist. While there's nothing wrong with those gifts, if it looks to your beloved like your assistant selected it, it will always lack that extra bit of oomph and sexiness that can only come from you having spent a little time thinking about the gift. Here we go! Some gifts are fanciful and expensive, while others are realistic, inexpensive and practical. It's a list meant to get you thinking! Have fun on Valentine's Day! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Susan Miller. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/000130/bk_adbl_000130_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Beautiful and Damned , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 889min
    The Beautiful and Damned, F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1922 novel, introduced Fitzgerald fans to 22-year-old Gloria Gilbert, a drop-dead gorgeous, selfish, gumdrop-addicted beauty from Kansas City, and 25-year-old Anthony Patch, a handsome, heir-to-a-fortune, careless, spoiled Harvard graduate and New York bon vivant. The novel opens in 1913, a time of flappers, jazz clubs, silent movies, and, for those who could afford it, a 24/7 world of parties, booze, and social extravagances. Golden-haired Gloria, by her own admission known as "Coast-to-Coast Gloria", dabbles in men's affections as other women might dabble in a kitchen - trying one recipe for love after another, never quite finding the perfect emotional meal until she meets Anthony Patch. She has broken many hearts, leaving in her wake a trail of love-besotted men from the small towns in the Midwest to the emerging studios of the motion picture industry. Only one man, the arrogant and ruthless Joseph Bloeckman of Films par Excellence, retains an emotional hold on Gloria, and that hold is tested often throughout the decade of the novel. Anthony, supported by his two best friends and Harvard classmates, the erudite Maury Noble and the rising novelist Dick Caramel, studiously avoids any mental preoccupation with the concept of actual employment. He is, after all, the presumptive heir to a $30 million estate, soon (he hopes) to be left to him by his tyrannical grandfather, Adam Patch. For Anthony, life in his second-floor apartment on 52nd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues is merely what he expects it should be: an entitlement due his station in life. His motto could easily be "what? Me work?" If Gloria had a motto in 1913, it would be "I must always be pretty and admired". Quite a pairing of two genuinely clueless young people who, as their story unfolds, will find a stark reality awaiting with a baseball bat down a very dark alley of disappointment. The Beautiful and Damned bri ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: C. James Moore. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/mike/001545/bk_mike_001545_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Aquarius Valentine's Day Gifts , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 11min
    Fret no more over choosing the perfect gift! In the Astrology Zone's Gift Guide by Sign, Susan Miller suggests wonderful gifts appropriate for both men and women of each astrological sign. From fun ideas for those shopping on a budget, to guidelines for choosing those once-in-a-lifetime extravagances, these handy tips will guide you throughout the year.No doubt, gift giving is an art, and can be quite a creative, heartfelt expression of emotion. Most of us need a little help. How you approach gift giving says a lot about you, revealing what you value and how you view the one you love. A fine gift selection shows tender admiration, empathy, warmth or a host of other feelings for the recipient. A great gift is one that the recipient is thrilled to receive, doesn't desperately need and never expected to get - and the element of surprise is also a worthy goal. After receiving a meaningful gift, the recipient feels more deeply understood - and closer - to the giver. If we are to delight, we need to spend time putting ourselves in the recipient's shoes. Too often, the gifts we give reflect only our preferences and has not enough do with the recipient's lifestyle or desires. On Valentine's Day, more is riding on sending the right message and in creating the right outcome. That pressure can result in a less creative gift, such as "sure winners" - a box of chocolates and a card or a bouquet of flowers from the corner florist. While there's nothing wrong with those gifts, if it looks to your beloved like your assistant selected it, it will always lack that extra bit of oomph and sexiness that can only come from you having spent a little time thinking about the gift. You'll have to take a risk once in a while, too, for as they say, no risk, no reward. Here we go! Remember, listen to other suggestions, too. Some gifts are fanciful and expensive, while others are realistic, inexpensive and practical. It's a list meant to get you thinking! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Susan Miller. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/000131/bk_adbl_000131_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Aries Valentine's Day Gifts , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 10min
    Fret no more over choosing the perfect gift! In the Astrology Zone's Gift Guide by Sign, Susan Miller suggests wonderful gifts appropriate for both men and women of each astrological sign. From fun ideas for those shopping on a budget, to guidelines for choosing those once-in-a-lifetime extravagances, these handy tips will guide you throughout the year.No doubt, gift giving is an art, and can be quite a creative, heartfelt expression of emotion. Most of us need a little help. How you approach gift giving says a lot about you, revealing what you value and how you view the one you love. A fine gift selection shows tender admiration, empathy, warmth or a host of other feelings for the recipient. A great gift is one that the recipient is thrilled to receive, doesn't desperately need and never expected to get - and the element of surprise is also a worthy goal. After receiving a meaningful gift, the recipient feels more deeply understood - and closer - to the giver. If we are to delight, we need to spend time putting ourselves in the recipient's shoes. Too often, the gifts we give reflect only our preferences and has not enough do with the recipient's lifestyle or desires. On Valentine's Day, more is riding on sending the right message and in creating the right outcome. That pressure can result in a less creative gift, such as "sure winners" - a box of chocolates and a card or a bouquet of flowers from the corner florist. While there's nothing wrong with those gifts, if it looks to your beloved like your assistant selected it, it will always lack that extra bit of oomph and sexiness that can only come from you having spent a little time thinking about the gift. You'll have to take a risk once in a while, too, for as they say, no risk, no reward. Here we go! Remember, listen to other suggestions, too. Some gifts are fanciful and expensive, while others are realistic, inexpensive and practical. It's a list meant to get you thinking! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Susan Miller. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/000121/bk_adbl_000121_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Sagittarius Valentine's Day Gifts , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 12min
    Fret no more over choosing the perfect gift! In the Astrology Zone's Gift Guide by Sign, Susan Miller suggests wonderful gifts appropriate for both men and women of each astrological sign. From fun ideas for those shopping on a budget, to guidelines for choosing those once-in-a-lifetime extravagances, these handy tips will guide you throughout the year.No doubt, gift giving is an art, and can be quite a creative, heartfelt expression of emotion. Most of us need a little help. How you approach gift giving says a lot about you, revealing what you value and how you view the one you love. A fine gift selection shows tender admiration, empathy, warmth or a host of other feelings for the recipient. A great gift is one that the recipient is thrilled to receive, doesn't desperately need and never expected to get - and the element of surprise is also a worthy goal. After receiving a meaningful gift, the recipient feels more deeply understood - and closer - to the giver. If we are to delight, we need to spend time putting ourselves in the recipient's shoes. Too often, the gifts we give reflect only our preferences and has not enough do with the recipient's lifestyle or desires. On Valentine's Day, more is riding on sending the right message and in creating the right outcome. That pressure can result in a less creative gift, such as "sure winners" - a box of chocolates and a card or a bouquet of flowers from the corner florist. While there's nothing wrong with those gifts, if it looks to your beloved like your assistant selected it, it will always lack that extra bit of oomph and sexiness that can only come from you having spent a little time thinking about the gift. You'll have to take a risk once in a while, too, for as they say, no risk, no reward. Here we go! Remember, listen to other suggestions, too. Some gifts are fanciful and expensive, while others are realistic, inexpensive and practical. It's a list meant to get you thinking! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Susan Miller. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/000129/bk_adbl_000129_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Libra Valentine's Day Gifts , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 10min
    Fret no more over choosing the perfect gift! In the Astrology Zone's Gift Guide by Sign, Susan Miller suggests wonderful gifts appropriate for both men and women of each astrological sign. From fun ideas for those shopping on a budget, to guidelines for choosing those once-in-a-lifetime extravagances, these handy tips will guide you throughout the year.No doubt, gift giving is an art, and can be quite a creative, heartfelt expression of emotion. Most of us need a little help. How you approach gift giving says a lot about you, revealing what you value and how you view the one you love. A fine gift selection shows tender admiration, empathy, warmth or a host of other feelings for the recipient. A great gift is one that the recipient is thrilled to receive, doesn't desperately need and never expected to get - and the element of surprise is also a worthy goal. After receiving a meaningful gift, the recipient feels more deeply understood - and closer - to the giver. If we are to delight, we need to spend time putting ourselves in the recipient's shoes. Too often, the gifts we give reflect only our preferences and has not enough do with the recipient's lifestyle or desires. On Valentine's Day, more is riding on sending the right message and in creating the right outcome. That pressure can result in a less creative gift, such as "sure winners" - a box of chocolates and a card or a bouquet of flowers from the corner florist. While there's nothing wrong with those gifts, if it looks to your beloved like your assistant selected it, it will always lack that extra bit of oomph and sexiness that can only come from you having spent a little time thinking about the gift. You'll have to take a risk once in a while, too, for as they say, no risk, no reward. Here we go! Remember, listen to other suggestions, too. Some gifts are fanciful and expensive, while others are realistic, inexpensive and practical. It's a list meant to get you thinking! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Susan Miller. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/000127/bk_adbl_000127_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Scorpio Valentine's Day Gifts , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 11min
    Fret no more over choosing the perfect gift! In the Astrology Zone's Gift Guide by Sign, Susan Miller suggests wonderful gifts appropriate for both men and women of each astrological sign. From fun ideas for those shopping on a budget, to guidelines for choosing those once-in-a-lifetime extravagances, these handy tips will guide you throughout the year.No doubt, gift giving is an art, and can be quite a creative, heartfelt expression of emotion. Most of us need a little help. How you approach gift giving says a lot about you, revealing what you value and how you view the one you love. A fine gift selection shows tender admiration, empathy, warmth or a host of other feelings for the recipient. A great gift is one that the recipient is thrilled to receive, doesn't desperately need and never expected to get - and the element of surprise is also a worthy goal. After receiving a meaningful gift, the recipient feels more deeply understood - and closer - to the giver. If we are to delight, we need to spend time putting ourselves in the recipient's shoes. Too often, the gifts we give reflect only our preferences and has not enough do with the recipient's lifestyle or desires. On Valentine's Day, more is riding on sending the right message and in creating the right outcome. That pressure can result in a less creative gift, such as "sure winners" - a box of chocolates and a card or a bouquet of flowers from the corner florist. While there's nothing wrong with those gifts, if it looks to your beloved like your assistant selected it, it will always lack that extra bit of oomph and sexiness that can only come from you having spent a little time thinking about the gift. You'll have to take a risk once in a while, too, for as they say, no risk, no reward. Here we go! Remember, listen to other suggestions, too. Some gifts are fanciful and expensive, while others are realistic, inexpensive and practical. It's a list meant to get you thinking! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Susan Miller. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/000128/bk_adbl_000128_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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